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A third Laurel Highlands High School teacher is being investigated for possible child abuse. The investigation was prompted by a tip that was submitted through ChildLine, said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kalee Barnhart. The teacher is the third at the school in recent months linked to suspected abuse. Two others were charged in March. Martin Gatti, a social studies teacher, was charged after he allegedly pressured a student to kiss him. Daniel Cervone, a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teacher at the school, allegedly carried on an inappropriate relationship with a student over several months in 2019 and 2020, including an instance of sexual intercourse at the ...
The Washington County coroner's office is seeking information on Steven Thomas Files, who was born July 14, 1962, and died April 19. According to the coroner's office, he was found in his hotel room at the Days Inn on West Chestnut Street in Washington. According to the hotel staff, Files has been living there for at least six months. The address on his license is a residence in Cranberry Township, and it appears he is originally from Ohio. Information on potential next of kin should be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.
(The Center Square)—For 116 Pittsburgh city workers, overtime didn’t just supplement their salaries last year; it exceeded them, according to an analysis of pay data by The Center Square. Nearly all the employees were in public safety roles: 73 were police, 26 were paramedics, and 14 ...
The Pennsylvania Republican Party is asking local election officials to block GOP state Senate candidate Al Buchtan from running for the party’s state committee position in Washington County over its assertion that he actually lives in Greene County. The Washington County Board of Elections, ...
Local lawmakers and advocates lauded a trio of new executive orders designed to offer expanded data security and legislative advisory capacity for Pennsylvanians with disabilities. The orders, which were signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro late last week, reestablished the Developmental Disabilities ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trevor Zegras, Rasmus Ristolainen and Nick Seeler scored three goals on four shots in the second period in Philadelphia's first home playoff game in eight years, pushing the Flyers to the brink of a sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 5-2 Game 3 win on Wednesday night ...
It began in 1993, struggling for an identity and its existence, in eight small towns in three states. Two of the teams never made it through the first season. Since that rough initial year, the Frontier League has grown beyond everybody’s wildest expectations. It has become the largest — ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oneil Cruz had the hardest-hit homer in the majors this season, a three-run shot off the top of the right-field foul pole in the ninth inning that powered the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. The Pirates took a 5-4 lead in ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
Looking for a way to jumpstart your fitness routine now that warmer weather is on the way? Look no further than a nearby swimming pool. We're not talking lap swimming or training like you're trying to make the Olympic team, but the old notion of water aerobics not being hard enough of a ...
